Kramer TP-581T manual

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    Kramer Electronics, Ltd. Preli mina ry USER M ANUAL Models: TP -581T, HDMI Li ne Transm itter TP -582T, HDMI Switc her/L ine Transm itter TP -582R, HDMI Line Rec eiver DA[...]

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    Content s i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Sta rted 1 2.1 Quick Start 2 3 Overvi ew 3 3.1 Features of the TP - 581T, T P - 582T and T P - 582R 3 3.2 About HDMI 5 3.3 About HD BaseT ™ T echnol ogy 6 3.4 Recom menda tions for Achieving the Best Performance 6 4 Your HDMI Line T ransmitters/Receiver 7 4.1 Your T P - 581T HDMI L ine Transm itte r[...]

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    Intro ducti on 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kram er Electronics has been providi ng a world of uni que, creat ive , and a ffordabl e solu tio ns to the vast rang e of probl ems that confron t th e video, audio, presen tat ion, an d broadcasting professional on a daily basis. In recent years, we hav e red esigned and u[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Getting Started 2 2.1 Quick St art This quick star t chart summarizes the basic setup and operation s teps.[...]

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    Overvi ew 3 3 O ver view The TP - 582T and TP - 582R are a high - qualit y twisted pair transmitter and receiver for HDMI, 100Base T Ethernet, bidirectio nal RS - 232 and IR signal s. With the TP - 582T you can select one of two HDMI inputs, and convert it with t he 100BaseT Ether net, RS - 232 and IR in put sign als to a tw is ted pai r signa l. T[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Overvi ew 4 • LED status indicato rs for inpu t, output, link and power • T wo RJ - 45 CAT 5 outpu t conne ctor s: one for the line outpu t and the other for t he Ethe rne t inp ut The compact MegaTOOLS® enclosures (for th e transmitters and the receiver) let you ra ck m ount up to t wo units side - by - sid[...]

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    Overvi ew 5 3.2 A bout HDMI High - Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is an uncompressed all - digital 1 In particular, HDMI audio/video interface, widely supported in the enterta inment and home c ine ma ind ustr y. It d eliv ers the hig hest high - definition image and sound qual ity. 2 • Pr ovi de s a simple : 3 interface between any audio[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Overvi ew 6 3.3 A bout HDBaseT™ Technology H DBaseT™ is an advanced and inexpensive al l - in - one connectivity techno lo gy 1 3.4 Recommen dations for Achieving the Be st Performanc e . It is particular ly suitable in the con sumer home environment as a digital home netw orking alternative where it enables [...]

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    Your HDMI Line Transmitter s/Receiv er 7 4 Your HDMI Line Transmitter s/ Receiver This section describes the: • TP - 581T HDMI Line Transmi tter , see Sectio n 4.1 • TP - 582T HDMI Switch er/Line Tran smitter , see Section 4.2 • TP - 582R HDMI Line Receiver DA , see Section 4.3 4.1 Your TP - 581T HDM I Line T ransmitter Figur e 1 a nd T able [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Your HDMI Line Transmitter s/Receiv er 8 4.2 Your TP - 582T HDM I Swit cher/Line Transm itter Figur e 2 a nd T able 2 define the TP - 582T : Figure 2 : TP - 582T HDM I Swi tche r/Line Transmitter Table 2 : TP - 58 2T HDMI Switcher/Lin e Transmitter Features # Fe atur e Function 1 LINE OUT RJ - 45 Connect or Conne[...]

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    Your HDMI Line Transmitter s/Receiv er 9 4.3 Your TP - 582R HDM I Line Receiv er D A Figur e 3 a nd T able 3 define the TP - 582R : Figure 3: TP - 58 2R HDMI Line Receiver DA Table 3: TP - 58 2 R HDMI Switche r/Line Receiver Fea tures # Fe atur e Function 1 LIN E IN RJ - 45 Connec tor Connects to th e CAT 5 OUT RJ - 45 connect or on the TP - 581T o[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting th e TP - 581 T, TP - 582T and T P - 582R 10 5 Connecting the TP - 58 1T, TP - 582T and TP - 582R You c an use t he TP - 581 T HDMI Line Transmitte r or the TP - 582T HDMI Switcher/Line T ransmitter with the TP - 582R HDMI Line Receiver DA to configure an HDMI tra nsmitter/rec eiver system. • To c o[...]

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    Connec ting th e TP - 581 T, TP - 582T and T P - 582R 11 5.2 Connecting th e TP - 582R To conn ect the TP - 58 2R as sh o wn in the e xamp le i n Figur e 4 , do the following: 1. Co nne ct the HDMI OUT 1 connector to the first HDMI acceptor (for exam ple, LCD displ ay 1). 2. Co nne ct the HDMI OUT 2 connector to the fi rst HDMI acceptor (for exam p[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting th e TP - 581 T, TP - 582T and T P - 582R 12 Figure 4 : Co nnec ting t he TP - 582T / TP - 582R Transmitter / Receiver[...]

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    Connec ting th e TP - 581 T, TP - 582T and T P - 582R 13 5.3 Controlli ng the A/V Eq uipment via an IR T ransmitt er Since t he I R sig nal on t he TP - 581T / TP - 58 2T and the TP - 582R is bi directional, y ou ca n use a remote co ntrol transmitte r 1 to sen d comm ands (to the A/V equip ment) fro m ei ther e nd of the tr ansmitter /R eceiver sy[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting th e TP - 581 T, TP - 582T and T P - 582R 14 Figur e 6 i llus trates how to con trol the LCD displa y via the TP - 581T / TP - 582T . Figure 6 : Co ntrol lin g an LCD D is play v ia the TP - 582T[...]

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    Connec ting th e TP - 581 T, TP - 582T and T P - 582R 15 5.4 Controlli ng the TP - 582T via th e REM OTE Termin al Block Connector The contact closure remote con trol pins operate in a similar way to the INPUT SELECT button. Using the contact closure remote con trol you can select the HDMI input. T o do so, momentaril y connect the re quired input [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting th e TP - 581 T, TP - 582T and T P - 582R 16 5.6 Wiring the C AT 5 LINE IN / LINE OUT RJ - 45 Connectors Table 4 a nd Figur e 8 d efin e the STP CAT 5 PINOUT 1 Table 4 : CAT 5 PINOUT , usi ng a str aigh t pin - to - pin cable with RJ - 45 connec tors (note, that the cable Ground shielding must be conn[...]

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    Technical Specificati ons 17 6 Technical Specifications Table 5 includes the tec hnical specifications 1 Table 5 : Tech nic al S peci ficat ions of t he TP - 581T, TP - 58 2T and TP - 582R . TP - 581T TP - 582T TP - 582R INPUTS: 1 HDMI c onnect or 2 HDMI c onnect or s 1 remote contac t closur e on a terminal bloc k connect or 1 RJ - 45 co nnecto r [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY 18 LIM ITED W ARRANT Y WHO IS P ROTECTED? WHA T IS COVERED AND WHA T IS NOT CO VE RED WHA T WE WILL PA Y F OR AND WHA T WE WILL NOT P A Y FO R HOW Y O U CAN GET W ARRANTY SER VI CE LIMIT A TION OF IMPLIED W ARRANTIES EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES CAUT ION! Kramer Electronics (her eafter ) warrants this pr o duct free from[...]

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    Kramer E l ectron ics, Ltd. Web site: www.kramerelectronics.com E- mail: info@ kramerel.co m P/N: 2900 - 00058 2 REV 3 For the latest infor m ation on our produ cts and a list of Krame r distribu t ors, vi sit our Web sit e: www.krame relectronics. com , where updates to this user manual may be found. We welcom e your questio ns, comments and feedb[...]